Overview
- The stabbing occurred around 2:50 p.m. inside Imagination Playground at Betsy Head Park in Brownsville within the 73rd Precinct.
- The 12-year-old victim was taken to Brookdale University Hospital in critical but stable condition and underwent surgery, police said.
- Officers recovered a kitchen knife with a gray handle at the scene along with a backpack, a jacket, and bloody clothing.
- Police initially detained a 12-year-old and a 9-year-old for questioning, later releasing the younger child to his parents after finding no direct involvement.
- The incident followed separate stabbings of a 13-year-old and a 15-year-old in Ridgewood, Queens, as officials note higher felony-assault counts this year in the 73rd Precinct.